2023-2024 Prajna Leadership Fellows

Prajna (Pra’-gyia) is a Sanskrit word that conveys ultimate wisdom that cannot be reached by developing intellect alone. It entails insight from experience and understanding through engagement with all that surrounds us. Prajna Leadership Fellows merge intellect and practice together to compassionately advance the welfare of humanity.

Prajna Leadership Fellows

Veronica adamson

Veronica Adamson, ’26
From: Milton, MA
Degrees Held: MSc, HEC Paris
BA, Tufts University

 

Aliaa Amin

Aliaa Amin, ’26
From: Cairo, Egypt
Degrees Held: MPH, Yale University
BS, American University Cairo

 

Ayesha Clarke

Ayesha Clarke, ’26
From: Hartford, CT
Degrees Held: MPH, Benedictine University
MSW, University of Connecticut

 

qais

Qais Saif Eldaula Dirar, ’26
From: Saudia Arabia & Sudan
Degrees Held: MBBS, Alfaisal University
MPH, Washington University

 

Isabel Espinosa

Isabel Espinosa, ’25
From: Manila, Philippines
Degrees Held: MPH, BA, University of Florida

 

 

Oana

Oana Geambasu, ’26
From: Bucharest, Romania
Degrees Held: MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

 

 

Ngasuma Kanyeka2

Ngasuma Kanyeka, ’26
From: Tanzania
Degrees Held:  MPA, Harvard Kennedy School
MBA, Cambridge University
BSc, London Metropolitan University

 

Hyung Joon Kim

Hyung Joon Kim, ’25
From: Seoul, Korea
Degrees Held: MA, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

 

 

Steven Lopez

Steven Lopez, ’26
From: Washington, DC
Degrees Held: MPP, MPH, University of California, Berkeley

 

 

Himi Mathur

Himi Mathur, ’26
From: Jaipur, India
Degrees Held:  MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BDS, Government Dental College

 

mikre

Meriam Mikre, ’26
From: Laurel, MD
Degrees Held:  MPH, Drexel University
BS, George Mason University

 

An Na

An Na, ’25
From: Beijing, China
Degrees Held: MPH, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
MS, BM, Health Science Center, Peking University

 

Ouleye Ndoye

Ouleye Ndoye, ’25
From: Atlanta, GA
Degrees Held: MSc, University of Oxford
MA, Columbia University
BA, Spelman College

 

Pauline Nuth

Pauline Nuth, ’25
From: San Francisco (Bay Area), CA
Degrees Held: MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BS, BA, University of California, San Diego

 

Francisco RuizFrancisco Ruiz, ’25
From: Atlanta, GA
Degrees Held: MS, Milano The New School of Management and Urban Policy
BA, Loyola University

 

Justin Smith

Justin Smith, ’26
From: Atlanta, GA
Degrees Held: MS, Emory University
MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AB, Brown University

 

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Fatou Wurie, ’25
From: Sierra Leone
Degrees Held: MPP, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
BA, University of British Columbia

 

 


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